From: Nancy Goyne Evans, "The Christian M. Nestell Drawing Book: A Focus on the Ornamental Painter and His Craft in Early Nineteenth-Century America," American Furniture 1998: 103
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Slat-back Windsor side chair |
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Object numberRIF1245 |
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MakerMaker Christian Michael Nestell, 17931880; worked 18201836 |
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Date182535 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MarksStencilled maker identification on underside of seat |
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ProvenanceMrs. John S. Banta, 1969 |
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Associated namesMrs. John S. Banta |
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BibliographyNancy Goyne Evans, "The Christian M. Nestell Drawing Book: A Focus on the Ornamental Painter and His Craft in Early Nineteenth-Century America," American Furniture (1998): 103, fig. 7.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 399n4. |